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Graeme Gibson Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

The first sale of government shares in Royal Bank of Scotland in August 2015 was “well planned and organised and represented value for money”, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.

Fiona Buchanan In its recently published Banking Deals Review 2016/17, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance practice has reported a strong twelve months of business. The past year has seen the firm’s finance lawyers' work on 144 deals worth £93.4 billion. Among the team’s clients in

John Waterson Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has reached a settlement with US authorities to resolve the scandal over its role in the sale of so-called “toxic” sub-prime mortgages that played a major role in the onset of the financial crisis of 2008.

Antonio Horta-Osario Antonio Horta-Osorio, chief executive of Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced a top level shake-up ahead of its imminent three-year strategy update.

Barry Stewart Glasgow-based insolvency specialist 180 Advisory Solutions is set to make another foray into the acquisitions game following last year's purchase of AMI Financial Solutions.

Ally Rule Aberdeen-based Global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps has appointed a new CFO in a move that the firms said reflects the significant global growth of the company across EMEA, the USA and ASEAN Territories.

Mike Timmins The second quarter of 2017 signalled the return of higher value IPOs to the UK market with 18 listings, according to the latest issue of EY’s IPO Eye.

A weak pound buoyed Scotland’s production and tourism sectors, boosting visitor numbers to the country and driving exports – leading to the first positive swing in export numbers in two years, according to new data published by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

More and more people are being caught out by ‘phantom goods’ scams, which cost them an average of £1,100, Citizens Advice Scotland has said.

Global accountancy firm PwC is being investigated by the U.K’s sector watchdog relating to a scandal involving broadcaster BT's Italian division.

Nearly 10,000 people have opened a business in Scotland with the support of the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA), according to official figures.

Ray Entwistle Hampden & Co, the Edinburgh-headquartered private bank which opened in June 2015 to offer private banking facilities to high net worth clients, and their families has seen steep growth on both sides of the balance sheet.

The Bank of England has ordered Britain’s banks to add a further £11.4 billion to bolster their capital buffers over the course of the next 18 months as it warned of an increased risk posed by bad loans.